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Then maybe you should recalibrate your expectation of what a comment is supposed to say a little bit, as any comment in support of some company's products is go
by mpyne 13y ago
Then maybe you should recalibrate your expectation of what a comment is supposed to say a little bit, as any comment in support of some company's products is going to 'look a lot like what an astroturfer would say'.
Astroturfing is only one of many possible motives for a comment being left. We should not be so quick to jump on that as an explanation for anything which doesn't agree with our notions.
- rbanffy 13y ago> maybe you should recalibrate your expectation of what a comment is supposed to say Please refer to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6320222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6320222 for the reasons I found kyro's comment very PR-like. I expect, and will remain expecting, HN comments to be based on reality.
- engrenage 13y agoThe only reality that is acceptable on HN is that Google is unstoppable and benevolent to geeks. An optimistic view of their competitors counts as shilling.